Rosemary Neave writes: Garry Moore has often said politics is the art of being able to count to 50%+1. If we have a democratically representative Council or Government, then it is unlikely all will agree. Mostly politicians are forced to make small steps rather than take giant leaps, … [Read more...]
Reaction to my comments on Crosby Texter:
My article on Crosby Texter being increasingly involved in NZ politics got a very interesting reception from many people and many people responded. I received information from a number of people on the team who are actually running the National Party “hit-em” campaign. Crosby Texter has been … [Read more...]
Garry Writes – 8 October 2019
A woman I have huge respect for, because of her balanced, but strong feminist views, and her tactical skills and political observations, said something to me recently which brought me up with a start. She said that she was suspicious of the Labour sex scandal which had been all over the … [Read more...]
Merivale Mall expansion
Ex-councillor John Burn, who has been leading the pushback against the approval of a huge increase in size of Merivale Mall, granted without any public notice, has given me a copy of his letter to supporters last week. The commissioner, plus two community board members, despite this … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 8 October
Like many people I have been thinking a lot about the state of our local democracy. The number of people who have voted is disgraceful. It is time to start thinking about democracy not being about every three years, but instead of every day. I read this quote in a mag recently when Peter Singer … [Read more...]
What I expect to hear from Mayoral, Council and Ecan candidates over the next three weeks:
Now that people will be receiving their voting papers it is important that we hear what the candidates standing for office want to achieve if they are elected. It’s time to hear their dreams and what they think they could achieve as a Mayor, or CCC or Ecan Councillor, or Community board … [Read more...]
Citizen Juries
I found this article this week really enlightening... https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/20/818021/building-bridges-over-troubled-water. Essentially the writers were saying that it is important that we struggle to find new ways of engaging at a deeper level on fundamental topics like water. … [Read more...]
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